The “Communications Skill” is the most important skill you can develop – and its uses involve reading, writing, listening and speaking. Probably the most general recommendation about starting a conversation is to focus on the person with whom you are seeking to communicate. Make the conversation about THEM – not about YOU. To them – […]

While the importance of the “Critical Skills” is becoming even more evident in our national discourse, the value of a strong INTERPERSONAL SKILL is becoming even more obvious. In particular, the element of TEAMWORK is becoming paramount. Numerous scholarly papers and articles have been written about the value of collaborative teams as being a necessary […]

The Technology Skill is simply the ability to SELECT the appropriate technology that is most efficient and useful to accomplish a specific task. With the rapid advances in technology, maintaining this skill requires knowledge of available and emerging technologies and learning how to use them. Bill Gates was honored when MIT Technology Review invited him […]

Africa has the fastest growing school-age population in the world. It is estimated that within the next three decades, 1 billion African children will need to be educated. To keep up with the increase in the number of students in just the next 10 years, 69 million teachers are needed to provide every child with […]